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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
PPNA to PPNB (c.9600–8000 BCE) · PPNA → PPNB (Euphrates Neolithic)
PPNA-PPNB village (9600–8000 BCE) with lime-plaster houses on Euphrates Tishrin plain.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Transitional Chalcolithic to Late Chalcolithic (c.5300–3400 BCE) · Cheshmeh Ali → Pardis Transitional Chalcolithic → Late Chalcolithic
Tehran Plain kiln centre (5300 BCE) with 12 two-chamber updraft kilns producing Cheshmeh Ali ware.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Windmill Hill culture
Windmill Hill Causewayed Enclosure in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic megalithic attributed to Windmill Hill culture culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 373).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c.2325 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Small queens pyramid recorded by Leclant mission south of Pepi I field for Nedjeftet (variant Wadjebten-related name, wife of Pepi I). 20 m base, unpublished Lauer sketches.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, Merenre I, c.2287–2278 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Cult pyramid SE of Merenre Nemtyemsaf I pyramid (c.2283 BCE, 6th Dynasty) at South Saqqara. 15.7 m base, limestone, SE corner of enclosure, matching Pepi I pattern.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Cycladic to Hellenistic · Cycladic/Greek
Delos (Island of the Gods) in Cyclades, Greece is a Cycladic to Hellenistic ancient city attributed to Cycladic/Greek culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 530).
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Late classical: Kalachuri, Chalukya, Rashtrakuta periods 600–1000 CE · Buddhist, Hindu (Shaiva), Jain under Rashtrakuta patronage
Largest rock-cut monastery-temple complex in world with 34 caves carved 600–1000 CE into basalt Charanandri Hills: 12 Buddhist, 17 Hindu, 5 Jain, including monolithic Kailasa Temple (Cave 16)…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Late Classic Maya · Maya (K'ak' Tiliw satellite of Copán)
Quiriguá in Izabal, Guatemala is a Late Classic Maya ancient city attributed to Maya (K'ak' Tiliw satellite of Copán) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 149).
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Eastern Ganga · Gangesvara Eastern Ganga (Narasimhadeva I)
Sun Temple, Konârak in Odisha, India is a Eastern Ganga temple complex attributed to Gangesvara Eastern Ganga (Narasimhadeva I) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 246).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Pottery Neolithic (c.6000–5800 BCE; single horizon) · Hassuna-related onager-hunting specialized
Onager-hunting camp (6000 BCE) with painted hunt murals and 4,000 onager bones on Hatra steppe.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Phoenician / Numidian / Roman · Mauretanian / Roman
Splendid royal capital of Juba II and Cleopatra Selene (25 BCE) then capital of Mauretania Caesariensis, with harbour, great theatre, amphitheatre and museums of Greek copies.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Mycenaean to Late Antique · Greek (Apollo/Pythia)
Delphi Archaeological Site in Phocis, Greece is a Mycenaean to Late Antique temple complex attributed to Greek (Apollo/Pythia) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 393).
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Archaic to Roman (600 BCE – 5th c. CE) · Samian Greek / Ionian
Verified – Samos Heraion sacred mole 480 m at 2 m off Ireon, Hera sanctuary harbour. Polycrates 530 BCE mole, Herodotus 3.60 Samian harbour wonders. Excavated Kyrieleis 1960s German.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Halaf to Ubaid-Chalcolithic (c.5600–3800 BCE) · Halaf-related → Seh Gabi/Dalma → Ubaid Kangavar
Kangavar Halaf-Dalma type mound (5600–3800 BCE) with Seh Gabi painted ware north of Islamabad.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Ubaid to Early Bronze (c.5000–2200 BCE; EB II centre) · Ubaid → Uruk → Early Bronze Euphrates / Carchemish periphery
Euphrates ford town (5000–2200 BCE) with EB II wall 5 km south of Carchemish.
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Roman · Roman
Roman seaside town buried under 20 m pyroclastic flow from Vesuvius 79 CE, preserving wooden furniture, upper storeys, frescoes and unique carbonized papyri scrolls (Villa of the Papyri, now being…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Late Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500–300 BCE) · Late Bronze Ugaritic → Iron Phoenician
Lagoon harbour tell (1500–300 BCE) between Latakia and Jableh — now 2 km inland.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Ionian to Byzantine · Ionian Greek / Roman
Ephesus (Efes) in Izmir Province, Turkey is a Ionian to Byzantine ancient city attributed to Ionian Greek / Roman culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 1018).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic, early, c.300–250 BCE · Kushite (Meroitic)
North Cemetery pyramid Beg. N.19 for King Nasakhma (c.300–250 BCE), elderly ruler, 16.8 m base, steep sandstone pyramid. Reisner Harvard-Boston 1921 cleared chapel with offering table looted.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Roman · Attalid / Roman
Pergamon (Pergama) in Izmir Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Roman ancient city attributed to Attalid / Roman culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 1457).
🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
Lower Palaeolithic Acheulean · Homo erectus / early Homo
Open-air Acheulean handaxe factory of Homo erectus (1200–400 ka) with in-situ butchery of extinct giant baboon and hippo, with volcanic stratigraphy teaching hominin handaxe evolution from…
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Temple complex
Pagan Kingdom 1044–1287 CE (Bagan period 11th–13th century) · Bamar / Burmese Buddhist (Theravada)
Sacred landscape on Irrawaddy River bend with over 2,200 surviving Buddhist temples, stupas and monasteries from 11th–13th century Pagan Kingdom; at peak >10,000 structures, including Ananda,…
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Koguryo · Koguryo
Complex of Koguryo Tombs (Jian) in Jilin Province / DPRK, China is a Koguryo ancient city attributed to Koguryo culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 1135).
GR · Ancient city
Archaic to Byzantine (c.600 BCE – 14th c. CE harbour) · Corinthian / Classical / Hellenistic / Roman
Corinth Gulf western harbour — 600 m Canopus-style canal + Long Walls, now 2–3 m subsided northwest of Corinth.
